You're invited to the Spring 2019 Health, Racism, and Communication Seminar Series! On Tuesday, March 26, 2019, three members of the Maternal and Child Health Coalition will speak at the third seminar in the series. We will be joined by Kimberly Novod, Founder and Executive Director, Saul's Light Foundation, Ashley Hill, Advocacy and Outreach Coordinator, Birthmark Doula Collective and Founder, The Uptown Doula and Clare Daniel, Administrative Assistant Professor of Women's Leadership, Newcomb College Institute. The event will be from 12:00pm -1:00pm and doors open at 11:45am.

You're invited to the Spring 2019 Health, Racism, and Communication Seminar Series! On Wednesday, March 20, 2019, Danielle L. Broussard, Research Consultant, and Maeve Wallace, Research Assistant Professor at Tulane SPH&TM's Mary Amelia Women's Center. The event will be from 12:00pm -1:00pm and doors open at 11:45am. This series of seminars will cover communication skills focused on the intersections of health and racism, specifically for community organizers, neighborhood groups, and public health students, professionals, faculty and researchers.

You're invited to the Spring 2019 Health, Racism, and Communication Seminar Series! On Tuesday, March 19, 2019, Nicole Deggins, founder and director of Sista Midwife Productions will speak. The event will be from 12:00pm -1:00pm and doors open at 11:45am. This series of seminars will cover communication skills focused on the intersections of health and racism, specifically for community organizers, neighborhood groups, and public health students, professionals, faculty and researchers. These events are free and open to the public.

Dr. Papasian served as chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences from 1998 to 2017. He currently serves as an Editor for mSphere, a journal published by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), and has continuously served as an Editor or Editorial Board member for ASM journals since 1996. Dr. Papasian has received multiple teaching awards, and the UMKC-SOM established the ‘Christopher Papasian Excellence in Teaching Award’ in his honor upon his retirement in 2017.

The next informational meeting for the GCHB 6790 Food Security & Resilience summer course in Italy will take place Tuesday, February 12th from 12-1pm in the GCHB Large Conference Room (2212) on the 22nd floor of the Tidewater building. Representatives from the Financial Aid office will be there to provide information on opportunities to utilize financial aid to cover the costs of the program. We will also be talking more about the course itself and answering questions you may have. Lunch will be provided!

Please join the Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health to learn how to develop a conference abstract. You will learn why to present, what is an abstract and the nuts and bolts of submission to the American Public Health Association's annual conference.